forthcoming screenings
Far Side of the Universe (The)
Sunday 31st May 2015 at 15h05 - Arte
Selection of Pariscience 2012
This is an amazing fact : according to our current models, the total mass of the matter (stars, galaxies…) accounts for only 4% of the Universe. An invisible and unknown matter would massively fill our cosmos. And no tool ever detected it…
Screened again on the 3rd of June at 16h20
Perfect Runner (The)
Wednesday 27th May 2015 at 16h30 - Arte
Selection of Pariscience 2012
Explore the miracle of running through the science of human evolution. From the highlands of Ethiopia, to the most remote place in Arctic Siberia, to a grueling ultramarathon in the Canadian Rockies, "The Perfect Runner" weaves cutting-edge science with gripping adventure, and leaves the viewer with a new and inspiring understanding of our common evolutionary inheritance as the “running ape”.
Screened again on the 13th May at 10:20
Why are women shorter than men ?
Friday 15th May 2015 at 22h30 - ARTE
Selection of Pariscience 2013
We will investigate a scientific enigma and overturn some basic assumptions about the male and female bodies.Women are smaller than men, or, depending on your viewpoint, men are bigger than women. That is a given. So why aren’t men and women the same size?
Secrets of the Parthenon
Saturday 09th May 2015 at 20h50 - Arte
Selection of Pariscience 2008
Through unprecedented access to the restoration project, “Secrets of the Parthenon” is the definitive film on the engineering of the Parthenon.Though revered as a symbol of beauty and perfection, for 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes and explosions, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic renovations. Now, to save it from collapse, the modern restoration team must uncover the secrets of how the ancient Greeks originally built it.
Screened again on the 10th of May at 15h40
I walked on the Earth in Zimbabwe
Saturday 09th May 2015 at 20h40 - Ushuaïa TV
Selection of Pariscience 2013
The elephant is an endangered species all over the world, but here, in the Hwange park Zimbabwe, it is far from being extinct. Man protects elephants for nearly forty years. Hunt is forbidden and the pachyderm has become a great touristic asset. But elephant’s overpopulation causes an ecological imbalance and threatens the ecosystem.